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Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Jordan Correspondent
Jordan
Khaled has been a journalist for 25 years, mostly with Reuters in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and London. He covered the outbreak of Arab uprisings in Yemen and Syria, Hafez Al Assad's rule, Iraq under Saddam Hussein and was war correspondent in Baghdad during the 2003 US invasion. He joined The National as Chief Foreign Writer in 2019 before moving to Amman. He was a Visiting Fellow for more than three years at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin.
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Josep Borrell speaks to the press ahead of an EU Foreign Affairs Council at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Monday. EPA
Josep Borrell cites personal experience in calling for Middle East peace

The foreign policy chief, whose term ends this month, is on a tour of the region to advocate for end to war in Gaza

MENANovember 21, 2024
King Abdullah II addresses the first ordinary session of Jordan's 20th Parliament on Monday. Photo: @RHCJO / X
King Abdullah pledges continued support for Gaza amid domestic pressures

Hamas-Israel war has affected the kingdom's economy and posed societal challenges

MENANovember 18, 2024
Syrian President Bashar Al Assad received Iran's Minister of Defence Brigadier General Azizi Nasirzadeh in Damascus on Sunday. AFP
Iranian Defence Minister meets Assad as Israeli attacks surge in Syria

Azizi Nasirzadeh is the second senior Iranian official to head to Damascus since last week

MENANovember 17, 2024
A Syrian flag flies as people cross the Hafez Al Assad bridge over the Barada river in the centre of Damascus on April 14, 2024. AFP
Targeting of wealthy MPs signals Syrian pivot away from Iran

Several businessmen closely connected to the ruling elite have been removed from parliament or are facing lawsuits

MENANovember 16, 2024
Rock formations in Wadi Hidan were formed as part of the geological changes millions of years ago that produced the Great Rift Valley
Postcard from AmmanJordan Trail offers tourists a scenic route through history

Hiking path from the northern border to the Gulf of Aqaba takes in some of the kingdom's lesser-known gems

MENANovember 15, 2024
Security officers and rescuers gather at a destroyed building hit in an Israeli airstrike in Damascus on Thursday. AP Photo
Israel strike kills 15 in Damascus amid escalation in attacks on Syria and Lebanon

Fifteen people were killed in Syrian capital hours after strikes on Iranian zone of control along border

MENANovember 14, 2024
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Doha, 2017, but for how much longer will the group be welcome in Qatar? Reuters
Hamas under renewed pressure as US prepares for transition of power

Qatar's reported decision to expel the group would leave the militants with limited options before Trump takes office

MENANovember 10, 2024
Damage to a bridge near the Syrian village of Tall Al Nabi Mando, close to Qusayr city, by Israeli warplanes in October. AFP
Israel continues strikes on Hezbollah stronghold in Syria

Planes hit two smuggling routes near Qusayr, west of Homs, war monitor says

MENANovember 07, 2024
A crater near the Jusiya border crossing between Syria and Lebanon, one of several Syrian sites hit by recent Israeli air strikes. AFP
Israeli army says it seized Iran agent in cross-border raid into Syria

No official Syrian reaction to reported capture of Ali Al Assi, who pro-Iranian media say is a milkman

MENANovember 04, 2024
People walk past a crater from an Israeli attack on the Jusiya border crossing between Lebanon and Syria on October 28. Reuters
Israel expands strikes against Hezbollah to Lebanon's northern border with Syria

Rare attack on Akkar governorate, adjacent to central Syria, destroyed a bridge, Lebanese state media says

MENANovember 03, 2024
Captagon tablets seized in Syria in 2022 by fighters from the Hayat Tahrir Al Sham rebel group. AFP
Syria seizes Captagon intended for Iraq in rare narcotics raid

Pro-Iranian militias are interlinked with the booming trade

MENAOctober 31, 2024
The site of an overnight Israeli airstrike on the Gouraud Barracks neighbourhood in Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek on Tuesday. AFP
Israeli strikes in Syria target Hezbollah-linked weapons supply routes

Overnight strikes were carried out alongside attacks across the border in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, a Hezbollah stronghold

MENAOctober 29, 2024
Gen Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese armed forces, met Jordan's King Abdullah II to discuss regional challenges amid the continuing Hezbollah-Israel conflict. Reuters
Lebanese army leader meets King Abdullah on rare visit to US ally Jordan

US is urging the Lebanese army to take a bigger role once the Hezbollah-Israel war ends

MENAOctober 28, 2024
Damaged buildings at Iran's Parchin military base outside of Tehran, on October 27, 2024. AP
Iran in bind after Israel sticks to US-imposed strike limits, say diplomats

Weekend attack on Iran seen as a win-win for Israel and US, leaving Tehran with no good options

MENAOctober 27, 2024
An anti-Israel billboard depicting Iran's recent missile attack on Israel and a sentence reading in Persian 'If you want war, we are the master of war', at the Enghelab Square in Tehran, Iran, on October 26, 2024. EPA
Israel prevails in tit-for-tat air warfare with Iran

Iran's defences have failed to shield against Israel's advanced air capabilities

MENAOctober 26, 2024
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